Hepatitis C
May 7th, 2008
The World Hepatitis Alliance launches its fourth year of campaigning for heightened awareness of the disease with the slogan ‘Am I Number 12?’ This slogan refers to the shocking statistic that as many as one in twelve people globally are suffering from Hepatitis.
Hepatitis C is one of the two most common types of Hepatitis virus and an estimated 150 to 200 million people are living with the disease. HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) is passed through the blood and causes inflammation of the liver which when left untreated can lead to chronic scarring (also known as Cirrhosis).
Signing up to the World Hepatitis Alliance’s global campaign at www.aminumber12.org will help raise public awareness of how Hepatitis C and other variants of the disease are spread.
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